Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ -- Poles and flags have a long history at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a way of marking territory in front of a favorite stage or just as a marker to let friends know where y'at in the the crowd.

Advocate staff photo by ELIOT KAMENITZ -- Poles and flags have a long history at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival as a way of marking territory in front of a favorite stage or just as a marker to let friends know where y'at in the the crowd.